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2020 Olympic profile: 'Swashbuckling surgeon' Kat Holmes goes for gold in Tokyo 07/22/2021 04:31am • Kat Holmes, dubbed here as "the Swashbuckling Surgeon" before the 2016 Olympics in Rio, has only done more to earn that moniker in the last five years. Holmes, 28, narrowly missed out on a medal in fencing — the U.S. Women’s Epee Team lost in overtime to finish fifth in Rio, and Holmes placed The Power of 1: Michigan D is top-ranked NHL draft prospect 07/22/2021 02:43am • Owen Power (Michigan, NCAA), defense, 6-foot-6, 213 pounds. NHL Central Scouting ranking: No. 1 North American skater Last season: Scored three goals and added 13 assists for 16 points in 26 games with Wolverines. Had three assists and showcased skating ability on larger European ice surface in hel What's Next for the New Construction Homes Housing Market in 2021 07/22/2021 12:00am • The only way to help a housing shortage is to build more homes. The U.S. certainly needs more homes to keep up with demand. Many buyers simply can't find a home to purchase, or they're competing with so many others that losing out in a bidding war has become commonplace. The National Association of What Does Need-Blind Admission Mean for International Students? 07/22/2021 12:00am • Attending a U.S. university can be expensive for international students. Many colleges charge higher tuition for nonresidents, and costs can really add up when considering spending for travel, visas and other necessities. But such costs should not dissuade international students from applying, exper 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans 07/21/2021 04:13pm • Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. In the late 1980s, he was the right-hand man to his musical best friend, Youtha Anthony Fowler, who many hip hop and R&B heads k Student Loans for International Schools: What U.S. Students Should Know 07/21/2021 12:00am • Interested in going to college in another country? Attending school outside the U.S. can be a great way to expand your horizons and immerse yourself in another culture, and countries such as Germany and Norway offer free tuition at public colleges -- even for U.S. students. However, if you're an Ame Survey: Nearly a Third Owe More Than $30,000 on Student Loans 07/21/2021 12:00am • About 30% of respondents to a U.S. News survey in July say they owe more than $30,000 in student loans. Unfortunately, though almost a quarter owe $10,000 or less, some owe much more. More than 11% say they are paying off more than $50,000 in student loans. What many former students are facing -- n 8 Best Warren Buffett Stocks of 2021 07/21/2021 12:00am • These Buffett stocks are red-hot.Rumors of Warren Buffett's investing demise are always greatly exaggerated. When Buffett dumped airline stocks near pandemic lows in early 2020 and continued his condemnation of Bitcoin throughout the latest cryptocurrency market rally, the Buffett detractors once ag Millennial Money: Don't overlook credit union credit cards 07/20/2021 07:16am • When you’re frequently bombarded with ads for credit cards at big banks, it’s easy to overlook credit cards at a local credit union. These not-for-profit organizations typically require membership based on location or affiliation with an employer, a family member or an organization. Major credit What Is Securities-Based Lending? 07/20/2021 12:00am • Securities-based lending is the practice of lending money to investors who use their securities, such as stocks, exchange-traded funds and others, as collateral for the loan. Getting a securities-backed loan can be a good way to get some liquidity when you need it without selling a portion of your Tax returns show Caitlyn Jenner's income has fallen sharply 07/19/2021 09:37pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner's earnings have fallen precipitously in the last several years from a high of $2.5 million in 2016 when she had her own reality TV show to $550,000, tax filings show. Jenner is among those running in California’s upcoming recall election of Gov. Gavin Zoom, Royal Caribbean fall; Cytokinetics, SPX Flow rise 07/19/2021 04:21pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Royal Caribbean Group, down $2.88 to $69.51. Cruise lines and other travel-related companies fell over concerns that pandemic is worsening in hotspots around the world. Zoom Video Communications Inc., down $7.77 to $354.20. The vid What's next for newspapers as COVID news cycle fades 07/19/2021 04:01pm • The Press & Journal, a weekly paper covering Middletown, a small town near Pennsylvania's capital, folded in July 2020 because its ad revenue collapsed in the pandemic. Its publishers, Joe and Louise Sukle, decided there was no future for the paper, even after getting a $146,000 emergency small Taylor Morrison Home CEO Sheryl Palmer talks homebuilding 07/19/2021 09:43am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Low mortgage rates and a severe shortage of previously occupied U.S. homes on the market have helped stoke demand for new homes this year, but supply chain problems and rising costs for building materials and labor have been a drag on the industry. Big homebuilders like Scottsd Nobel Peace Prize winner says Olympics deserves the award 07/19/2021 08:27am • TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday. Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who was awarded his Nobel in 2006 for pioneering micro-credit loans to impoverished people, has worked with the International Olympic Committee on a